Colleen Cason: The way we were from 1,000 feet

PHOTO COURTESY VENTURA VIEWS
Steve Dibblee, of Ventura, is asking for the public’s help in placing the location where this photo was shot in 1963. Some clues point to Simi Valley. Dibblee’s father, Walter, who died in March, captured Ventura County from the sky in its predevelopment days.

PHOTO COURTESY VENTURA VIEWS
The late Walter Dibblee poses in May 1959 with the Piper Cub from which he shot aerial photos of Ventura County for more than three decades.

Developments in Ventura County often are named for what was leveled to make way for them.